“Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you.” Isaiah 60:1 NIV In 2013 Maman Germaine Mouniango from Koulamoutou, Gabon lost her sight completely to cataracts in both eyes. Last month, Maman Germaine had cataract surgery and has completely regained her sight! Maman Germaine was accompanied by one […]
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Joseph Diangatebe is a Gabonese nurse from Mouila – the regional capital, about a 2 hour drive from Bongolo. He had been working there for the last 10 years when he heard about the creation of a nurse anesthesia training program at Bongolo. He moved to Bongolo to join the first class that began in
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In the midst of this COVID-19 global pandemic, Bongolo is continuing to innovate and make creative changes. The following story showcases examples of the ingenuity of the hospital staff. Medical Director Dr. Renée Valach has been training and leading the nursing staff with simulated practices to correctly put on and take off PPE (personal protective
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On Monday, March 23, 2020, Bongolo had it’s first suspected COVID-19 case. A patient came through the checkpoint station with a fever, a cough and shortness of breath. The patient also reported being exposed to a couple of people from Libreville while at a gathering in the interior of the country. Libreville, the capital city
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On February 18, 2020 the eye clinic moved into a brand new building. It was constructed over the last 4 years after getting the good news in December 2013 that American Schools and Hospitals Abroad (ASHA), a branch of USAID, would be providing a $600,000 grant toward its construction. 63 year old grandmother Marie Jeanne
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Le Dr Samuel Chimbioputo Sassamela Fabiano est le plus récent diplômé de l’hôpital Bongolo. Le programme PAACS (Académie panafricaine des chirurgiens chrétiens) forme les médecins africains aux normes occidentales en chirurgie tout en les discipliner dans leur foi chrétienne. Le Dr Sam a étudié pendant plus de 18 ans postsecondaire, à travers 3 continents, et
Dr. Samuel Chimbioputo Sassamela Fabiano is Bongolo Hospital’s most recent PAACS graduate. The PAACS (Pan-African Academy of Christian Surgeons) program trains African physicians to Western standards in surgery while at the same time discipling them in their Christian faith. Dr. Sam has studied for over 18 years post secondary, across 3 continents, and learned to
Merveilleux est un mot Français qui se traduit en anglais comme merveilleux, merveilleux, grand, merveilleux, charmant, miraculeux. Une petite fille, bien nommée par ses parents, Merveilleux, est le plus jeune bébé survivant de Bongolo à être né à l’hôpital Bongolo. Le 10 janvier de cette année, les docteurs Izzi Elliott et Renee Valach ont travaillé
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Merveilleux is a French word that translates into English as wonderful, marvelous, great, wondrous, lovely, miraculous. One baby girl, aptly named by her parents, Merveilleux, is Bongolo’s youngest surviving baby ever to be born at Bongolo Hospital. On January 10th of this year, Doctors Izzi Elliott and Renee Valach worked together during an emergency pre-term
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Steve and Alace Straw and their family are in Gabon as missionaries with Air Calvary. They are also with IFAP, the International Fellowship of Alliance Professionals. They have come to open the first ever Air Ambulance service to the Bongolo Hospital. They live in Libreville, capital city of Gabon. Steve wrote that over the past
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